Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2025-05-13

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, May 13
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
43 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 102▼ 88 vs year ago 131 · −67.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 11▼ 15 vs year ago 26 · −57.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 14▲ 1 vs year ago 1 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder cattle sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $303.68/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 2 of 15 comparable sales and sits −64.34 against this barn's trailing median of $368.02.
Average price
$303.68
6 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,649
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$11
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.95
vs AL average
−36.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1510325.001,6581thin
Medium and Large 2550299.421,6465thin
One grade step is worth $25.58/cwt here — about $11 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale6 hd
303.68
—
AL average9 barns · 221 hd
318.63
−14.95
National average164 barns · 12,891 hd
339.88
−36.20
This barn, trailing median15 sales
368.02
−64.34
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales
416371326282median 368.0203/0305/0507/2109/1510/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $401.92, low $295.59, median $368.02 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,485172.002,5541thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,430150.002,1451thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average985130.731,2883thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,8751thin

Every lot

33 lots · USDA AMS · Clay County Livestock Auction - Lineville, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2510340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7341
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1215440.00/cwt440.00–440.009461
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2962
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,5381
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,5442
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3482322.35/cwt320.00–325.001,5543
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6581
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5972
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573292.36/cwt290.00–295.001,6753
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,8021
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2643286.49/cwt285.00–288.001,8422
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,8861
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1225490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,1032
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1255480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,2241
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2290460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,3341
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1310465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,4421
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,4082
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3330425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4031
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2360395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4221
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3490345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6911
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8032
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,8251
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3545320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7441
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,7841
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3580305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7691
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1670288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,9301
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3730267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,9491
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2740275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0351
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,485172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,5541
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%968132.59/cwt131.00–134.001,2832
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,020127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,2951
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,430150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,1451
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751

This sale against other markets

Alabama weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Alabama auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.